Rhymes of Northern Bards / Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham

by Unknown

No congstable on me doth frownee,

In dis Newcastel famous townee,

Vare some veare breaches, some de gounee.

Doodle, doodle, doo.

But den before dat I do callee,

You give me sixpence, price is smallee;

And den I’ll nothing ask at allee.

Doodle, doodle, doo.

In fronte, you see de agents coming,

Vast great, much consequence assuming,